Mohave County miner., 1887-06-04
Engiisl pickles and preserves at Tag

yesterday for Cedar district.
Lew BlakeIey has returned from the
rodeo at Tom Ships cattle range on the
/ Big santy.
County Assessor Ewing has been max
ing the rounds in Kineman the past week,
and took as in along with the rest.
County Recorder Bucksbanm has turn.
ed in $lt2.20 as the fees OF his Office for
the month Of May and s64 as fees Of the
District Court.
Surrurn, head chief Of the Wallapai
tribe. is loser by tho measles to the ex-
tent Of three wives. As he has six left
he viii probably worry through, though
he viii lave TO get another one Tor Sun
days.
In ths Justices Court on Monday, John
J. Jones, commonly known as "Shory,"
plead Guilty to being drunk and disor-
derry and was fined twenty dollars with
the alternative of twenty days in the
county Jail.
A sweeping order has been issued to
the conductors OF the Southern Pacific
railroad company preventing any Indian
in the future from riding on their cars.
The reason for this order is to prevent
the spread Of smallpox should it become
epidemic.
A correspondent from Stockton Hill.
who is well posted in Indian affairs,
writes tls that the mortality from the re-
cent epidemic OF nelsles amoag the Wal
lapai tibe has reached nearly ten per
cent. of the entire tribe, or about seventy
good" Indians.
Our Mineral Park correspondent says
We pay too mach attention TO politics
We viii wager suit OF clothes thar the
corresr ondent aforesaid takes more inter
est in the next election than anyone else
in the county. 1t will be good for his
friends IL he does.
Ed. II. Thompson, the popular manager
Of Beecher 4 Co.'S branch store at Min
eral Park, was IN town on Thursday and
Friday on business trip. Although he
always comes ON business no one knows
any better than Ed hon 10 mingle little
pleasure with It.
The Odd Fellows have received their
regalia and other paraphernalia from the
well known house Of M. c. Lilley & CO.,
Of Columbus, o. II is expected that every
member OF the lodge will be present at
the next meeting, as important business
will be transacted.
Mrs. Florence w. Hill, OF San Jose.
CAL, came in on Monday mornings train
from the west and is visiting her sister,
Mrs. Hyde. Mrs. Hill is the wife Of An
drew P. Hill, the well known artist Of San
Jose, CAL, and is herself an artist and el-
ocutit'nist OF no mean rretentions.
We noticed some engines belonging to
the California Southern running through
here last week. The enormous business
nov being done over the Atlantic and
Pacific taxes the resources Of the com
pany and all the companies friendly to it,
tor motive power TO run their trains.
Mondays passenger train from the
west had no mail car attached, and
brought us no mail at all. We are told
thai the train men also refused 10 take
the mail bag for the east on the train.
Truly, our mail accommodations are be-
coming less and less under this Demo
cratic: administration, and ii is no wonder
that the people in the vicinity are sighing
for Republican Postmaster-general.
There was q salvation tiff on the streets
last saturday night, which resulted in the
sntin, army being provided with lodgings
and bed at the city's expense. On Sun
day morning Mt the hour Of church, bis
Honor Judge Meyer held a court Of in
qu,ry and as Judge Advocate quashed the
charges Of insubordination and dismissed
the army with his blessings
Jn,. NJ. Harney ESD, Of St. Louis,
President Of the Golden Gate Mining and
Milling Company, came in from San
Diego on yesterdays train. Mr.. Harney
takes an active interest in the affairs OF
the company and xill visit the Lost Basin
next week for the purpose Of posting HIM
self On the progress made in the work OF
'assloping the mine and erecting the
mill He expresses himself as very
nucl, sur rrissd and pleased at the won
1erful growth Of Kingman since his last
-;s,t abou s;r m -uths ago.
The st. Johns Hera.' very tru'hiuily
remarks that, lone of the cst metnods
known Of advertising town is :" patron.
ize your local paper. Those outs.,'e I"
the newspaper business have no concep-
ton Of the range which is included in the |
circulation Of even q country newspaper,
Or irto how many hands it will fall every |
weels. Strangers picking it up, and see
ing it's columns well filed with local ad-
vcrtisements, will say at once, that is
lively town; the people are wide awake
and enterprising. 1t would be good
place to locate in"
Under the new law regulating the as
Of railroad corporations the At
lantic and Pacific Railroad Company are
required to furnish the Board Of Super
vistrs at their session on Monday next
detiled statement Of all property belong